The Beaver County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced its new incoming officers for 2019. Samuel Huston, Huntington Bank Business Banking Area Manager, S.V.P., will become the new Chairperson of the Board and lead the Executive Committee. Helen Kissick, owner of Free Spirit Consulting will serve as the new Vice-Chair of the Board. David Wytiaz, Beaver County Career and Technology Center Administrative Director will serve as Treasurer, and Brittney Golden, Home2Suites Sales Manager will serve as Acting Secretary. In Accordance with the By-Laws, this will be their first one-year term that will expire in March of 2020. In addition to these positions, the Executive Committee will be comprised of Immediate Past Chair, Craig Pritts, Sales Executive for JRG Advisors, and Two At Large Board Representatives, Alison Hutchins, Owner and Interior Designer at Hutch and Home; and Valerie McElvy, Franklin Center of Beaver County Program Director. These are also one-year terms expiring in March of 2020. The Chamber is also adding one new member and re-appointing one current board member with terms effective April 1, 2018. Accepting a new three-year term is: John Feraco – NOVA Chemicals Inc., Monaca. Reappointed for their second three-year terms is: Robert Terwilliger – Heritage Valley Health System Foundation – Beaver.
To see a full roster of the Chamber Board and Executive Committee members please visit their website at www.bcchamber.com or contact them at (724) 775.3944.
Jim Roddey celebrating His Irish Heritage during this weeks show.
(Beaver Falls, Pa) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio! Tune in every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 am for “the Best of Beaver County”, on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen. It was all about the Ladies on the March 14, 2019 edition. Jim enjoyed conversation and insight with Lisa Micco, Managing Editor of Beaver County Times and Bethany Williams, Director of Development for the city of Beaver Falls, PA.
Jim Roddey and Lisa Micco live on the Air during the “Best of Beaver County”
In the first segment Jim talked with Lisa Micco, Managing Editor of the Beaver County Times. Jim asked Lisa where she was born and raised and what brought her to Beaver County. Lisa said she was born and raised in the New Castle Area and graduated from Neshannock High School. Lisa has worked for the Beaver County Times for the last eight years. Roddey and Micco discussed the challenges that a local paper such as the Beaver County Times faces and how Lisa would like to see the paper return to it’s Heyday in the future. Jim asked Lisa what are the three things she would like to see happen in Beaver County and she said continued job growth, rake advantage of the rivers and finally to see the Beaver County Times grow.
Lisa Micco, Managing Editor of the Beaver County Times
Bethany Williams, Director of Development for the City of Beaver Falls.
In the second segment Jim talked with Bethany Williams who is the Director of Development for the City of Beaver Falls. Bethany talked about how she grew up in West Chester Pa and attended Geneva College. Bethany liked it in Beaver County so much that she took the first job that was offered to her and that happened to be in code enforcement for the city. Bethany and her husband both attended Geneva and have two children. Bethany talked about her love for Beaver Falls and she shared her long term vision of Beaver Falls with the listeners. Roddey and Williams finished up the conversation talking about Penn DOT’s new project that is set to begin in May that will bring a whole new look to the main street of the City of Beaver Falls.
Scott Tady Entertainment Editor for the Beaver County Times stopped in early to watch his fellow co-worker Lisa Micco be interviewed on the “Best of Beaver County”Bethany Williams and Mark Piccirilli, Community Relations Manager for St. Barnabas Beaver Meadows chat as she waits her turn to be interviewed by Jim Roddey.
You can watch the entire show as it happened on Facebook Live and on WBVP and WMBA by pressing the play button below……
The radio broadcast will be replayed each week from 11:30 am to Noon on Sundays on Beaver County Radio. Tune in next week at 11:00 a.m. as Jim will be welcoming in two more of the “Best in Beaver County” guests presented by St. Barnabas.
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Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Sen. Lamar Alexander have endorsed a resolution passed by the Democratic-controlled House to block President Donald Trump from using emergency powers to fund his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. That brings to seven the number of Republicans who have announced they will cross Trump on a vote expected for Thursday afternoon, ensuring the measure will pass.
A police vehicle was involved in a crash this morning in Aliquippa, sending a city cop to the hospital. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports…Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
That’s what a billboard at the Boulevard of the Allies and Grant Street from Antonio Brown read as it was unveiled Wednesday as Brown was across the country being introduced as an Oakland Raider. Brown, late for the news conference, was asked if he had any regrets about how things ended in Pittsburgh. Brown said… “Pittsburgh will always be my family” He also said…”I know Steeler nation is having a bad day today, but it’s always love.”
How much sleep are you getting these days??? For many people, the days that follow the beginning of daylight saving time, and losing an hour of sleep, can be difficult. The Wolf Administration encourages all Pennsylvanians to get an adequate amount of sleep each day, as it plays a vital role in an individual’s mental and physical health, safety and quality of life. Health Secretary Doctor Rachel Levine says nearly 40 percent of all Pennsylvanians get six or fewer hours of sleep…
Officials with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are warning of an increased wildfire risk over the next few months. Representatives with D-C-N-R say 85-percent of Pennsylvania’s wildfires happen between March and May. They say many here burn carelessly without paying attention to how dry or windy it may be.
A NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY SHOWED UP DRUNK TO PICK UP CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, POLICE WERE CALLED TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR FOR A PROBLEM WITH A PARENT WHO WAS THERE TO PICK UP CHILDREN. THE REPROT SAYS 44-YEAR-OLD GAIL CONNERS APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED WHEN SHE CAME TO THE SCHOOL TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM WAS A SMALL CHILD, ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD. ACCORDING TO POLICE, CONNERS SMELLED STRONGLY OF ALCOHOL, HAD TROUBLE STANDING ON HER OWN AND WAS SLURRING HER SPEECH. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, CONNERS REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A BLOOD TEST, TELLING POLICE THAT SHE ONLY HAD THREE BEERS BEFORE SHE CAME TO THE SCHOOL. CONNERS IS CHARGED WITH D-U-I AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN.
New Castle City Police report a bullet was found on the floor of a New Castle Area School Bus that was carrying 13 students on the commute home from George Washington Intermediate School on Tuesday .According to the department’s facebook page, police said following their investigation it was determined that there is no evidence of any weapon on the bus or in the school, and there is no credible threat. The investigation is continuing.
Two women are accused of holding a third against her will for four days in Ambridge. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has the story. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
